Interview With My Teenagers

Ok, I snitched this idea from Meredith...should be interesting since my children are teenagers! And no, I did not edit their answers.....and I did not prompt any responses. So..here goes....an interview with my teenagers.....

1. What is something your mom always says to you?
Mallorye-clean your room or your grounded
Blake-brush your teeth
(both were right)

2. What makes your mom happy?
M-scrapbooking
B-doing the work she tells you

3. What makes your mom sad?
M-fights
B-when I get hurt

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
M-trying to be cool (so much for that, huh?)
B-by tickling me

5. What was your mom like as a child?
M-craazy
B-wild & rebellious
(ok..they might both be right on this, but I wasn't too bad I don't think...mom??)

6. How old is your mom?
M-34 till Wednesday (she's right)
B-36

7. How tall is your mom?
M-5'8" (right again..sorry Blake)
B-5' 7-1/2"

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
M-clean...just kidding, read
B-clean

9. What does your mom do when your not around?
M-I don't know, I'm not around (typical sarcasm)
B-clean

10. If your mom became famous, what will it be for?
M-singing
B-singing

11. What is your mom really good at?
M-singing
B-singing & cleaning (ok, I'm starting to get a complex about the cleaning thing)

12. What is your mom not very good at?
M-keeping things alive (hey now...I've kept 2 kids alive)
B-letting things that are out of order, stay out of order

13. What does your mom do for a job?
M-accounting
B-work for an electrical company
(their sort of both right, but not really...I work for a contractor...electrical, plumbing, HVAC...and I do some accounting, but really more of an administrative assistant to the boss)

14. What is your moms favorite food?
M-not Mexican
B-chicken
(it's actually chocolate...one of the major food groups)

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
M-she stands up for what she believes in
B-coming to most of my games in every sport

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who should she be?
M-Wylie Coyote
B-the maid on the Jetsons (complex again)

17. What do you and your mom do together?
M-watch House
B-go to games

18. How are you and your mom the same?
M-we look alike
B-we both like sports and we both play basketball

19. How are you and your mom different?
M-I'm not OCD (now she's starting in on the cleaning...)
B-she likes to clean and I don't

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
M-cuz she writes about me :)
B-cause she tells me

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
M-I have no clue (isn't that encouraging?!)
B-that he protects our country

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
M-somewhere comfy with a book
B-Lifeway Christian Bookstore

Ok...so according to my kids...I love to clean and read...I'm good at singing...and not very good at being cool. Wasn't this fun?!

It is interesting to see their perspectives on things...kinda makes you stop and think about what your not saying actually says, huh?

Mosaic Meme'

1. Ginger 2. Southern Cooking 3. Stanford High School 4. Red 5. Patrick Dempsey (if I have to choose) 6. Mountain Dew 7. Reading on the Beach 8. Chocolate 9. Stay At Home Mom
10. My Family 11. OCD 12. gbales


This was a fun meme I found at Monica's, here are the details if you want to make your own!Here’s how it works:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.


b. Using only the first page, pick an image.


c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker. Choose 3 columns with 4 rows.





The Questions:


1. What is your first name?


2. What is your favorite food?


3. What high school did you go to? (or, What year did you graduate high school?)


4. What is your favorite color?


5. Who is your celebrity crush?


6. Favorite drink?


7. Dream vacation?


8. Favorite dessert?


9. What you want to be when you grow up?


10. What do you love most in life?


11. One Word to describe you.


12. Your flickr name. (kid version: favorite animal?)

Fun With Books

Ok, I wasn't actualy tagged, but I found this on Suzie's blog and thought it sounded like fun....especially since I love books!! Feel free to join in on the fun and don't forget to link back to me;)


1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages.)

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

2. Open the book to page 123.

Ok

3. Find the fifth sentence.

Ok

4. Post the next three sentences.

"Like all great philosophical ideas, this one is simple to understand but virtually impossible to imbibe. OK-so we are all one, and divinity abides within us equally. No problem.

5. Link back to the person who tagged you.
Susie

This is one of those books that I really wanted to read, but I have yet to get into it and be able to finish it....quotes like the above and I guess you see why!

Home Makeover?

Mindi asked if given the chance would I have an Extreme Home Makeover? YES! We currently do not own a home and rent, but I would love to have a home of our own that could reflect all our personality. I'm always so fascinated at this show that they are able to capture each person's unique personality and put their mark on their room...all in one week!

A funny side note; my daughter did write a letter to the show while her daddy was in Iraq, but never mailed it. I explained that I don't think it would work since we don't actually own a house for them to demolish!

Pretty Dog-gone Real!

You Are 75% Real

You know who you are, and you're pretty darn comfortable with yourself. Like everyone, you struggle with the parts of yourself that aren't so great... But you're good at accepting who you are and not dwelling on your faults. As a result, you're confident, optimistic, and very real.

How Real Are You?